Chapter 10: Five Years Later

Frisk, now at the age of fifteen years old, sat bolt upright in bed and gasped in shock as she woke up from a horrible nightmare about her brother. She had dreamed that he had come after her and she couldn't find anyone. A bit shook up from her nightmare, she got out of bed and immediately headed over for Papyrus' room. She quietly opened the door and saw him stir before he sat up, rubbing his eyes and then his gaze rested on her. "Frisk? Are you alright?" He asked, sensing she was a bit upset.

"I had a bad dream about Stephen," she said softly.

Instantly, the tall skeleton picked her up and held her gently. "Shh," he said soothingly, his powers activating to calm her down and get her to tell him about her nightmare. "What happened?"

"He was chasing me. I couldn't find anyone," the young girl said.

Sans and Gaster, who had both woken up and couldn't go back to sleep, had gone to check on Papyrus and saw Frisk with him and the other skeleton motioned them to come in. "What happened?" Gaster asked.

"She had a nightmare about her brother," Papyrus said softly.

The other two nodded softly. While they had nightmares occasionally now as time had gone on, Frisk had the worst of them because she had had to face her brother and watch him die. Though five years had passed, the mental scars were slowly healing.

Undyne, Alphys, Mettaton, Grillby, Asgore, Toriel, Asriel, Muffet, and Chara also came in and gathered around Frisk, hugging her, silently telling her it wasn't her fault. This helped a bit as the teenager struggled to get past her nightmares, especially about her older brother. "I know…what he did wasn't right," she now said. "But…I hope that he has found peace too."

They all gently smiled at that, knowing the young girl meant it as she never held a grudge, no matter how bad a person had been. "Maybe he has," Gaster said softly for Frisk's benefit. Despite having suffered cruelly under Stephen, that was in the past and they did their best not to speak ill of him now that he was dead and also out of respect for Frisk, Joe, and Amelia.

They gathered around and actually fell asleep in the same room, which was something they would all do if they had nightmares. While the nightmares weren't as frequent now, the gathering in the same room still worked for comfort and to help them sleep.

A few days later, Frisk entered the house with her backpack in her hands and she smiled. "I'm home!" She called out, knowing her family would be around and she spotted Sans in the living room and went up to him, hugging him and he smiled.

"Hey, kiddo," he said.

She grinned. "Hey, Sans, if I asked you, could you make my homework disappear?" She asked.

He gave her a look. "You know I can't," he said, knowing she already knew he couldn't do that.

She shrugged. "It was worth a shot," she said.

Sans gave her a playful smirk and grabbed her gently, pulling her closer and tickling her stomach, which made the fifteen-year-old giggle happily. "I can still grant you a favor," he said with a smile. "Like helping you with your homework."

She continued giggling until he let her up and she nodded in agreement. "Okay, it's a big math test coming up," she said.

"I'll help you study for it then," he said, feeling her hug him and he returned the hug.

Muffet came downstairs at that moment, carrying two babies in her arms, a twin boy and a twin girl. These two were Frisk's siblings who had been born three months earlier. The spider woman was taking care of the two while Joe and Amelia were out working. "Well, these two are full of energy right now," she said with a smile as she saw Gaster set out the play blanket and the two three-month old children were placed on the blanket as musical toys were placed around them where they could see the colors and hear the sounds.

Papyrus was nearby playing a game with Chara and Asriel and Undyne was sitting on the couch with Mettaton as the two of them watched a movie together and the robot turned the fish woman's face towards him and kissed her, making her smile. Although it had been a few weeks since they had really started dating, the two were deeply in love with each other.

Asgore came into the living room next, helping Toriel to the couch and she sat down with a sigh and rested a hand on her stomach. "The little one is eagerly kicking today," she said.

She was currently seven months pregnant with her next child and while looking forward to it, it had been many years since she had had Asriel, so she was a little nervous. "That means the little one will be strong like Asriel was when he was born," Asgore said with a smile.

"And we'll get to have a baby brother or sister," Chara said excitedly.

They all heard chuckling and saw Grillby come downstairs holding his and Muffet's daughter Holly in his arms. The little one was a spider like her mother, but had fire powers like her father, something they had learned when she was born and had to invest in fireproof clothes and toys for her, though their daughter's fire powers were mostly under control for now. "And a new cousin for Holly," he said.

"And Mettaton and I set our wedding date to be a month from now," Undyne said with a smile. "It's going to be an amazing couple of months for us all."

"Yes it will be," Alphys said, coming downstairs and going up to Gaster. The dinosaur had recovered from her injuries and now one couldn't find any sign of her former injuries. She went up to Gaster and gently grabbed him by the coat and he kneeled down to her height and jumped a little when she kissed him soundly on the mouth and then took his hand in her own. Her ring that he had given her two years ago sparkled on her hand as they gently broke away and smiled at each other.

"Alphys, are you very happy?" He asked her, a smile on his face.

She smiled. "Yes, I'm very happy with you, my love," she said.

Joe and Amelia came through the door at that moment, carrying everyone's outfits for Undyne and Mettaton's wedding and for Gaster and Alphys' wedding which would take place the same day. As everyone gathered around to pick up their outfits, Sans pulled Frisk into a big hug. "This wouldn't be possible without you, kiddo," he said with a smile as she returned the hug.

It was a good life for them all, thanks to Frisk, the unselfish girl with the equally unselfish soul.


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